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Simple Stitching of a Long Facial Wound

Idaho rates for HCPCS 12017

Cleans and stitches a cut of the face, ear, eyelid, nose, lip, or the lining of the mouth that goes no deeper than the skin. The edges are brought together in a single layer. This version applies to a long wound, or to several wounds whose lengths add up to a large total.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Simple Stitching of a Long Facial Wound cost?

$905

Typical total for the visit. In Idaho, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $905 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $229 to the doctor who performs it, and $676 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$229$186 to $288
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$676$219 to $1,318

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $676 · 10th to 90th $135 to $5,495Professionalmedian $229 · 10th to 90th $151 to $407
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $676professional $229

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$478.63
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,047.13
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$288.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$302.00
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$436.52
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$309.03
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,318.26
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$323.59
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$630.96
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$9,332.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$295.12

Where Idaho sits

The same service costs 20.0 times more in New Jersey than in West Virginia. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility fee

Idaho· 36th of 49

$905

$229 physician + $676 facility

NJ $6,058WV $303

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.